2015 Big East Men's Soccer Standings
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MEN’S SOCCER REPORT • OCT. 31, 2015 Contact: Kristin Quinn, Assistant Commissioner O: 646.663.3456 C: 914.819.8751 [email protected] @BIGEASTChamps 2015 BIG EAST MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS #BIGEASTmsoc BIG EAST OVERALL A LOOK AHEAD Rec. Pts. H A Rec. Pct. H A N Streak Next Opponent OCTOBER (7/7) #%GEORGETOWN 7-0-0 21 4-0-0 3-0-0 11-2-2 .800 7-2-0 4-0-2 0-0-0 W9 at VILLANOVA (10/31) 31 (7) GTOWN at VILLANOVA 1 p.m. #CREIGHTON (1/1) 6-1-0 18 3-1-0 3-0-0 15-1-0 .938 11-1-0 4-0-0 0-0-0 L1 at PROVIDENCE (10/31) ST. JOHN’S at DEPAUL 2 p.m. XAVIER 4-2-1 13 1-2-0 3-0-1 10-4-1 .700 4-3-0 6-1-1 0-0-0 W3 SETON HALL (10/31) SETON HALL at XAVIER 7 p.m. BUTLER (RV) 4-3-0 12 2-2-0 2-1-0 8-4-3 .633 4-2-1 4-2-2 0-0-0 L1 at MARQUETTE (10/31) (1) CREIGHTON at PROVIDENCE 7 p.m. BUTLER at MARQUETTE 8 p.m. DEPAUL 3-3-1 10 1-2-0 2-1-1 4-11-1 .281 2-5-0 2-5-1 0-1-0 W1 ST. JOHN’S (10/31) PROVIDENCE 3-3-1 10 1-1-1 2-2-0 7-5-2 .571 3-2-1 4-3-1 0-0-0 W1 CREIGHTON (10/31) NOVEMBER VILLANOVA 3-4-0 9 2-1-0 1-3-0 8-7-0 .500 5-3-0 3-4-0 0-0-0 W1 GEORGETOWN (10/31) 5 VILLANOVA at SETON HALL 1 p.m. ST. JOHN’S 1-4-2 5 0-2-2 1-2-0 3-10-3 .281 2-6-3 1-3-0 0-1-0 L3 at DEPAUL (10/31) CREIGHTON at GEORGETOWN 2 p.m. MARQUETTE 1-5-1 4 1-2-0 0-3-1 5-8-2 .400 3-3-0 2-5-2 0-0-0 L4 BUTLER (10/31) MARQUETTE at DEPAUL 2 p.m. ST. JOHN’S at PROVIDENCE 7 p.m. SETON HALL 0-7-0 0 0-4-0 0-3-0 0-13-1 .036 0-6-1 0-7-0 0-0-1 L12 at XAVIER (10/31) XAVIER at BUTLER 7 p.m. (NSCAA/Soccer America Top 25); RV – receiving votes; # clinched a BIG EAST Championship berth; % clinched a first-round bye WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS WEEKLY HONOR ROLL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Vincent Mitchell, Butler, Sr., M/F – Scored the eventual game-winner less than two minutes into the match as Butler RICARDO PEREZ, Creighton defeated Seton Hall on Saturday night on the road, 3-0. It Jr., M/F, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico was his team-leading ninth goal of the season and fourth Perez tied teammate Fabian Herbers for most points this week for four as game-winner. LatEst RESUlts he led the BIG EAST in goals scoring two against Villanova in a 5-1 victory. Eric Dick, Butler, RS-So., GK – Dick orchestrated his fifth OCTOBER Perez scored the go-ahead goal in the 23rd minute, which eventually shutout of the season as Butler blanked Seton Hall 3-0 on 28 (7) GEORGETOWN 3, SETON HALL 2 (OT) became the game-winner. The junior then scored the fifth goal of the game Saturday night on the road. Dick made one save and used his DEPAUL 1, BUTLER 0 as the Bluejays tallied their 15th consecutive win to remain undefeated. 6-foot-5 frame to alter a PK attempt by the Pirates that went VILLANOVA 2, ST. JOHN’S 0 Perez’s two goals came on just two shots on goal. He had four total shots wide. XAVIER 2, (1) CREIGHTON 1 PROVIDENCE 4, MARQUETTE 3 for the game. The five goals were the most scored in a game this week by Brandon Allen, Georgetown, Sr., F – Scored the game-win- a BIG EAST team and the highest goal differential of the week. ning goal in a 1-0 win at St. John’s to keep the Hoyas 24 BUTLER 3, SETON HALL 0 undefeated at 6-0 in BIG EAST play. Allen scored a penalty kick at 58:56. DePAUL 0, PROVIDENCE 0 (2OT) DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK XAVIER 1, MARQUETTE 0 (OT) JOSHUA YARO, Georgetown Matt Vasquenza, Xavier, So., F – Snapped a personal score- (9) GEORGETOWN 1, ST. JOHN’S 0 Jr., D, Santa Barbara, Calif. less streak of five matches as he delivered the game-winning (1) CREIGHTON 5, VILLANOVA 1 Yaro played all 90 minutes in the Hoyas’ sixth consecutive shutout as goal in the 95th minute to defeat Marquette in overtime on Saturday. It was his first game-winner of the season. Georgetown defeated St. John’s 1-0 to remain undefeated in league play 17 (10) GEORGETOWN 1, DEPAUL 0 XAVIER 2, VILLANOVA 1 at 6-0. Yaro led a Georgetown defense that prevented St. John’s to get one Dallas Jaye, Xavier, Grad Student, GK – Kept his sixth PROVIDENCE 4, SETON HALL 0 shot on goal, the first time the Red Storm has not had 0 shots on goal all shutout of the season as he registered 95 minutes against BUTLER 2, ST. JOHN’S 1 season. St. John’s was also held without one corner attempt, another first Marquette. Jaye faced 10 shots and tied a career-high with six (1) CREIGHTON 3, MARQUETTE 1 this season. The only other time this season that a BIG EAST team had saves as he and the defense defended nine corner attempts and a slew of restart chances in the second half. no shots on goal was Xavier in their 3-0 loss to Providence on Oct. 10. #BIGEASTMSOC KICK OFF NOTES WATCH ON #BEDN GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK • With the exception of Georgetown, all road teams MACK ROBINSON, DePaul won on Wednesday. Sr., GK, Cincinnati, Ohio • The Hoyas’ are unbeaten through 12 games and Robinson had a season-high 11 saves to keep Providence scoreless on are on a nine-match winning streak and have Georgetown at Villanova Saturday and earn the Blue Demons a point in the league standings in a taken over the top spot in the current standings Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. (VU Soccer Complex) 0-0 double overtime tie. Robinson faced 12 corners and 24 total shots and secured a first-round bye in the upcoming PXP: Nick Mantegna as he spent 110 minutes in goal. He saved five shot attempts by the BIG Championships. BEDN Correspondent: Cayleigh Griffin EAST’s second-leading scorer, Mac Steeves, including one in the 106th • Creighton has secured a berth in the St. John’s at DePaul minute. At the end of regulatiavon, Robinson saved two consecutive shots Championships, but seeding is not guaranteed. Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. (Wish Field) by Providence’s Brendan Constantine to keep the Friars off the board. The Bluejays need one more win to earn a first- PXP: Matt Rodewald The tie against Providence keeps DePaul in the playoff hunt with three round bye. BEDN Correspondent: Sarah Gorden games left to the regular season. • Xavier’s 2-1 victory over No. 1 Creighton on Creighton at Providence Wednesday as their second road win over Saturday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. (Ray Treacy Complex) FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK top competition this season. On Sept. 15, the PXP: Chris Fama JOEL RYDSTRAND, Creighton Musketeers defeated then-No. 2 Notre Dame 1-0. Fr., M, Almunge, Sweden Saturday is senior day at Xavier. The Musketeer Seton Hall at Xavier Saturday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. (XU Soccer Complex) senior class has led XU to a 49-20-10 mark with Rydstrand helped Creighton to their 15th-straight win scoring the PXP: Mike Schmaltz five wins against the NSCAA Top 10 and three Bluejays first goal of the game to tie Villanova at 1-1. He helped a defense that held the Wildcats to just one shot on goal while facing five corners. NCAA Tournament wins. Butler at Marquette Saturday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. (Valley Fields) Creighton won 5-1. • Xavier, Butler, DePaul, Providence, Villanova, St. John’s and Marquette are still in the playoff mix. PXP: Patrick Reed | Anaylst: Chris Jenkins BIG EAST CONFERENCE 655 THIRD AVENUE • NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 WWW.BIGEAST.COM MEDIA SERVICES • 2015 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP #BIGEASTMSOC ON THE BIG EAST DIGITAL NETWORK The BIG EAST Conference announced in May it was expanding the number of live events broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) to 225 for the 2015-16 season. The 2015 fall schedule features 99 total contests, including a combined 85 regular-season men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball matches, along with 14 BIG EAST Championship events. When the BIG EAST launched the Digital Network in 2014-15, the league became the fi rst collegiate conference to be hosted on FOX’s mobile platform, FOX Sports Go, the app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content at home or on-the-go. 2015 BEDN MEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE Day Date Contest Time (EST) Field Day Date Contest Time (EST) Field Sat. Sept. 26 Providence at Georgetown 1 p.m. Shaw Field Sat. Oct. 24 Butler at Seton Hall 7 p.m. Carroll Field Sat. Sept. 26 Xavier at DePaul 2 p.m.